MEXICO'S Attorney General Arely Gomez was joined by General Salvador Cienfuegos and Secretary of the NavyAdmiral Vidal Francisco Soberon for a bonfire of a massive pile of drugs that authorities have called the "Great Event for Drugs Incineration".

Eight other states joined Tijuana's Baja California in the drug burn, with local media reporting in total more than 136 tonnes of drugs were decommissioned nationwide.

"With just today's burning we have stopped approximately 63 million marijuana doses, nearly 2.5 million (doses) of cocaine and 174,000 (doses of) methamphetamines.

Soldiers stand guard as marijuana and other drugs are being incinerated at a camp of the Mexican Army's 28th infantry battalion in Tijuana, Mexico. (Image: Jorge Duenes/Reuters)

The total cost of this quantity of drugs surpasses 2 billion pesos ($121 million US dollars)," said Gomez.

At the drug burn, the government reported that Mexico's current administration has decommissioned more than 2,500 tonnes of illicit drugs.

The bonfire the authorities called the "Great Event for Drugs Incineration" (Image: AFP/Getty Images)